Time line of a kitten

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I have had the pleasure of watching this small female kitten grow over the past 6 months. Her mom has taught her the ropes when it comes to hunting deer. I have found 6 deer and 1 calf these two have fed on. Most the kills I was too late to get pictures. But there were a few that I found in time. I have got over 150 pictures of these two lions feeding. I will post a few to show the growth of this kitten.

I have also been fortunate enough to get both in trees this year as well. The mother didn't like me getting to close so she jumped a few times and lost the dogs. I got within 30 ft of one tree and was able to see her a few moments before she jumped. The little one however didn't mind stopping for a picture.

These first pictures were January 14th

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On May 15th i was out ridding a circle and happened to ride on a fresh deer kill. The dogs took off and in a short time had the kitten treed.

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Last saturday my dad was out for is morning walk and saw drag marks crossing the road. After following the marks for 150yrds he found a fresh killed deer. We placed a camera on it and we found the female and kitten still thriving.

[ready2hunt]

That is a pretty cool timeline and pictures. Thanks for sharing. I am hoping to kill a nice Tom one of these years

[JLW]

those are some cool pics!

are the feet tied together on the fresh kill you dad found???

 

James

[trophyhnter]

Great pics. The back legs look like they are tied!

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Yes we tie up every kill that way they can't drag the deer out of the view of the camera.

[25-06]

Freakin cool pics bro.

[CouesWhitetail]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing the timeline, that's cool to see.

[couesdeerhntr]

What is the deer tied to?

[bonecollector]

Very cool pics. The kitten sure is growing fast with all them deer being eatin up.

[kidso]

When does the taxidermist fit into the timeline?

[AverageJoe]

Looks like a couple deer slayers need to be disposed of.

 

On a second note, when is the female legal to take? How old is the kitten? Is that still considered a spotted kitten? I ask because i dont know. I know what the regs say but dont know from experience. Thanks.

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I would say she is still to spotted to take legally. The rules on this are very gray as a lot of things in the regulations with game and fish. I don't know for sure but I figure she was about 3 months old in January so I would say she is 9 or 10 months old. She still has her baby teeth the others start to grow in at a year old.

I have seen older mature lions that have spots. The rules say spotted kitten. I guess it depends what warden checks it in and what kind of day they are having.

 

[trophyhnter]

Yes we tie up every kill that way they can't drag the deer out of the view of the camera.

 

Thats what I thought. Its obvious that the lions dont really mind human scent around their kill.....I would have thought otherwise. How big of a territory does the lion with the kitten have?